Category Archives: ACC Europe

Doing Business in the GCC: A Region of Competing and Contrasting Opportunities

By ACC Guest Blogger on February 1st, 2013 Posted in ACC Europe, In the House, In-House Practice, On the Road

The business opportunities opening up to international companies in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) are fast increasing, but the six Persian Gulf countries that comprise it have different commercial attractions and potentially competing economic goals, participants learned at a recent Doing Business in the GCC conference held in London…. Continue Reading

Redefining the International Legal Department

By ACC Guest Blogger on August 10th, 2012 Posted in ACC Europe, ACC News, In the House, In-House Practice

Guest blogger: Gian-Reto Schulthess is the author of the German Blog The Business of Law. Until 2011, he was employed with Adecco, where he was head of the Corporate Law Department within its Group Legal function in Zurich, Switzerland. He is an ACC Country Rep for Switzerland. ACC and Laurence Simons have recently released the… Continue Reading

Looking Back at Amsterdam and Forward to Barcelona

By ACC Guest Blogger on July 3rd, 2012 Posted in ACC Europe, ACC News, In the House, On the Road

Guest Blogger: Julien Valliorgues is an assistant general counsel at ACC, handling both transactional and resource development matters. He is A French attorney admitted to practice in France and New York. Prior to joining the ACC, he worked for six years with the Law Firm Gide Loyrette Nouel in both its Paris and Shanghai offices…. Continue Reading

Personal and Professional Skills for Building a Successful Legal Department

By ACC Guest Blogger on June 27th, 2012 Posted in ACC Docket, ACC Europe, In-House Practice

Guest Author: Simon Zinger is Group General Counsel at Aegis Group plc The ability to deliver accurate and technically sound legal advice has been the foundation of in-house legal departments ever since lawyers joined company ranks. While legal know- how continues to represent a primary deliverable for in-house counsel, the growing opportunities for in-house lawyers… Continue Reading

An Insiders Guide to Amsterdam for ACC Europe’s 19th Annual Conference

By Zenneia McLendon on May 4th, 2012 Posted in ACC Europe

Amsterdam has a bustling, cosmopolitan and vibrant feel; it’s a city with a little something for everyone. World famous for its museums and 17th century canals, the city centre is compact and easy to navigate on foot. Our conference venue, the five-star NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky is located in the heart of the city on… Continue Reading

ACC Europe Annual Conference

By Zenneia McLendon on April 18th, 2012 Posted in ACC Europe

For more information visit: www.acc.com/amsterdam ACC Europe’s 19th Annual Conference 2012: Corporate Counsel delivering results while facing global demands. In-house counsel are warmly invited to attend this year’s conference in Amsterdam from Sunday 13 – Tuesday 15 May 2012. Zenneia McLendon

Guten Tag! Greetings from Berlin–ACC Europe’s 18th Annual Conference

By ACC Guest Blogger on May 31st, 2011 Posted in ACC Europe, ACC News, On the Road

by Sabine Brumme ACC Europe, Vice President Chair of the Advisory Board to the Annual Conference The theme for this year’s ACC Europe 18th Annual Conference was How the in-house lawyer can drive the changing legal landscape. Over the past three days, in-house counsel from across Europe came together and participated in sessions and realistic solutions… Continue Reading